Former Green Bay West music teacher accused of stalking student sentenced to 90 days in jail

GREEN BAY - A former Green Bay West High School music teacher will spend nearly 90 days in jail for sending inappropriate messages to a student.

David Viste, 38, was sentenced Thursday to three misdemeanor counts of sending obscene messages. Each count carries a 90-day sentence, but Viste will serve them simultaneously. Two days will be shaved off for time he already spent in jail.

According to the criminal complaint, Viste pursued a boy, then 17, singling him out for special attention in class, inviting him to house parties and bombarding him with more than 1,000 messages via text and Snapchat. Some of the messages were sexually explicit.

Viste expressed an interest in getting the 17-year-old alone with him to have sex in tunnels beneath the high school, and in a hotel room during a scheduled field trip, prosecutors said. Viste also told the teen he had a crush on him.

Viste's pursuit of the teen continued for months, according to prosecutors.

Viste was initially charged with two counts of child enticement and one count of stalking, all felonies that could have put him in prison for more than 50 years.

According to court documents, the victim has requested restitution, which will be deliberated at a later hearing.

Court documents filed earlier this month indicate five students told police they received messages from Viste that were often sexual in nature. Viste allegedly asked one student to have a "clothes off encounter" with him.

Police previously said Viste texted other students, but it wasn't criminal because they were adults.

Viste resigned from West in May after he was placed on administrative leave. He started teaching in Green Bay in September 2007.